Folding-guide for sewing-machines.



Patented Ian. 2!, 1902.

' J. PATTERSON. FOLDING GUIDE FOR SEWING MACHINES.

(Application filed Mar. 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

m/vented J L Pagil'eraam,

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. PATTERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO UNION SPECIALSEWING MACHINE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A

CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PECIFICATION forming part (if Letters Patent NO. 691,567, dated January21, 1902.

I Application filed March 5, 1901. Serial No. 49,722. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES L. PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding-Guides forSewing- Machines, of which the following is a description,reference'being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in folding-guides for attachment tosewing-machines, the object being to provide such an attachment whichwill fold and guide an upper piece of fabric and guide a lower piece offabric, with a binding embracing the edge of the same, to thestitch-forming mechanism of a sewing-machine, the fabrics being securedtogether by lines of stitching.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, andreferred to in the appended claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which---Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a sewing-machine, showing myimproved attachment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front perspective Viewof the folder. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa crosssection of a portion of a garment,showing how the fabrics arefolded and guided by my attachment and the parts secured together bylines of stitching.

In the drawings, A represents a base-piece adapted to be adjustablyattached to the bedplate of a sewing-machine. The sewing-machine hereinshown or so much of it as is necessary to a complete understanding of myinvention is of the well-known Union Special type of two-line machine.Attached or formed with the base-piece A is the Vertically-curved andtaperingguide B for the binding-strip, while the part C, which projectstransversely of the part B and forms a continuation of it, is forguiding the binding-strip from the point of supply. Projecting from nearthe base of the binding-strip guide B is the substantially plane surfaceD, upon which the lower piece of fabric 1 rests, its raw edge beingguided by the forward end of the binding-strip guide B is attached thehem-folder E, which has the folding and guiding recess F to fold andguide the upper piece of fabric 2, this folding and guiding recess Fbeing so arrangedas to face the upper inner folding edge of thebindingstrip guide. The binding-strip guide-B at its forward end istapered and curved, so as to practically embrace between it the raw edgeof the lower strip 1, and the walls of the binding-strip guide B areturned in, so as to form a hem fold on the upper and lower faces of thethe wall of the binding-strip recess B. Neal through the upper piece offabric, its fold, and

the lower fold of the binding-strip, thus mak .ing' the seams shown inFig. 4. of thedrawings, in which theinner edge of the hem fold onthe'upper piece of fabric faces the upper inwardly-turned edge of thebinding-strip.

It will be understood that I-do not wish to be limited to the exactdetails of construction hereinbefore described, as modifications may bemade without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure-byLetters Patout, is--- 1. The herein-described folding-guide, havingmeans for attachment to a sewing-machine, and including a guide for onepiece of fabric, a guide for a binding-strip having its walls formed atits forward end to embrace the edge of said piece of fabric, and ahemfolder for a second piece of fabric, the varithe lower piece offabric, while a second line 7 ous guides being superposed and securedtogether; substantially as described.

2. Theherein-described folding-guide, having means for attachment to asewing-machine, and including a guide for the lower piece of fabric, aguide for the binding-strip having its walls formed at its forward endto embrace the edge of said lower piece of fabric, and a hem-folder foran upper piece of fabric located above and secured to the bindingstripguide; substantially as described.

3. The herein-described folding-guide, comprising an upper hem-folder, averticallycurved and tapering binding-strip guide to which thehem-folder is secured adjacent the forward end, and a plain part uponwhich a lower fabric is adapted to rest, the inner wall of thebinding-strip guide forming a guide for the edge of said lower fabric,the parts being so constructed and arranged that a fold is turned in theupper fabric and the edge of the lower fabric is bound, both top andbottom by the binding-strip; substantially as described.

4. In combination with a sewing-machine adapted to make two independentrows of stitches, a folding-guide arranged in front of thestitch-forming mechanism, comprising a guide for a piece of fabric, abinding-strip guide at its forward end extending partially around saidguide for the fabric, and a hemfolder for folding and guiding anotherpiece of fabric, with means for securing the latter with its innerfolding edge facing one of the inner folding edges of the binding-strip,whereby as the material is fed to the stitchforming mechanism one lineof stitches passes through one fabric, its fold and the other fabric,and the other row of stitches passes through the first fabric beyond itsfold, the other piece of fabric and both folds of the binding-strip;substantially as described.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a folding-guide having a base-pieceadapted for attachment to the cloth-plate of a sewing-machine, ahem-folder, a binding-strip guide below the hem-folder to which the sameis secured, the inner wall of the binding-strip guide forming a guidefor the edge of a lower piece of fabric, and the forward end of thebinding-strip guide being curved to embrace between its upper and loweredges the edge of the lower piece of fabric; substantially as described.

6. The herein-described folding-guide,comprising a base-piece adaptedfor attachment to a sewing-machine,a guide for a lower piece of fabric,a guide for a binding-strip, having its walls formed at its forward endto embrace the edge of said lower piece of fabric, and a hem-folder foran upper piece of fabric arranged above the binding-strip guide andsecured thereto, and a guide for the bindingstrip extending transverselyof the feed; substantially as described.

7. The herein-described folding-guide,comprising a guide, for a lowerpiece of fabric, a binding-stripguide extending abovethe same, and atits forward end extending partially around the lower guiding-recess, anda hemfolder secured to the binding-strip guide, and having its innerfolding edge adjacent the upper inner folding edge of the binding-stripguide, whereby in the passage of goods through the devices theinwardly-turned hem fold on the upper piece of fabric will face theupper inwardly-turned edge of the bindingstrip; substantially asdescribed.

8. Theherein-described.folding-guide,comprising a guide for a piece offabric, a binding-strip guide at its forwardend extending partiallyaround said guide for the fabric, and a hem-folder for folding andguiding another piece of fabric, with means for securing it with itsinner folding edge facing one of the inner folding edges of thebinding-strip guide; substantially as described.

9. The herein-described folding-guidehaving means for attachment to asewing-machine and including a guide for one piece of fabric, a guidefor a binding-strip having its walls formed at its forward end toembrace the edge of said piece of fabric, and a hemfolder for a secondpiece of fabric having the inner edge of its folding and guiding recessfacing one of the inner folding edges of the binding strip guide;substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES L. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

JACOB L. NEWMAN, RoMNEY L. WILLSON.

